Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3131, James Dunham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dunham, James R 3131
CONTENTS
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Maine
Lamer Dunham
act 7 June 1832
Rejected
See letter to Claimant
1 Nov 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3131
P. O.
James Dunham
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

James Dunham's Case Aff. of Holmes Thomas

I, Holmes Thomas of Hibern County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy seven years on oath testify and say that I was a soldier of the revolution army at different periods, one of which was in the year 1776 for five months in the company com- manded by Capt James Barlow of Plympton, Mass in the regiment commanded Col. Darr of Bridgewater. I further testify that I am well know- ing to the fact that James Dunham of Hibern aforesaid who is about to make application for a pension, enlisted into the same company and served with me five months as a sergeant. The said Dunham was stationed the most of said time in the state of New York and was wounded in the Battle at White Plains. I further state that the said Dunham is the identical person who served with me, during the said five months.
Holmes
Thomas
United States of America
Maine District ss
Concord ss. August 14 1832. Then personally appeared the above said Holmes Thomas and subscribed to the truth of the affidavit by him signed.
Before me
Asa Warr
Sub. Dist. W: I for the
Sub. of Maine
I certify that Holmes Thomas is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to belief -
Freeman Bridgford his Clerk

N o 3230
Declaration of James Dunham.
Nunhaw
3131

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Minot  Portland , within and for said District, on the seventeenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
ON this 18th day of August - aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge James Dunham a resident of Helton in the county of Oxford in said Maine District, aged Seventy-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he the said James Dunham first entered the service of the State as a Minute man in the town of Plympton in the county of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts in the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton, that the company to which he belonged was commanded by Capt. John Bridgham of Plympton aforesaid. That the company was organized on the 9th day of Feb 1775. That he frequently met with his class or division of the company once or three a week for military drill for the term of three months during which three months he was called out to march to Plymouth to stop the proceedings of the Court that was about to commence its session then under the colonial Laws. That all the proceedings of the court were stopped, that the regiment was formed in front of the Court House that while the regiment remained there Dr. Freeman of Sandwich delivered an address to them and exhorted them to resist the oppression of British Laws. That soon after this he was called out by the Col. and again went to Plymouth and remained there two days, that soon after was the alarm at the news of the Lexington Battle. That he was called with the regiment to march to Marshfield for the purpose of taking the British soldiers that were stationed at the house of Ray Thomas Esq who was a Tory and had fled to Boston, and that he was on said expedition 4 or 5 days. That he served said three months as a sergeant. That he the said Dunham again enlisted in the service of the United States sometime in the first of the summer of 1776 at Plympton in the county of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts and served five months in the company company commanded by Capt James Harlow of said Plympton in the regiment commanded by Col. Cury of Bridgewater. That he marched from Plympton aforesaid on the fifteenth day of July 1776 and went on to New York. That he remained in the City of New York where he was stationed a few weeks, thence to Chelsea, from thence to Harlem, thence to White Plains where he was wounded in a battle by a musket ball while in the first of the engagement, thence that he went up to Peekskill where he was discharged.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before, James Dunham
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
Soldier And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

WE John Trist Koborn
a Clergyman residing in the town of and James Donham of said Koborn
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Croft who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Arthur Ware
U. S. Judge for Maine District.
John Trist James Donham
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Trist who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the town of Koborn and that James Donham
who has signed the same is resident of the same town and an creditable person and and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Arthur Ware judge

James Dunham's ban App. of John Brightman

I John Bridgham of Minot in the county of Cumberland State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am seventy eight years of age and served in the army of the United States during the revolutionary War That sometime in the first of February A.D. 1775 a company of minute men was formed in the town of Plympton to be ready at a moment's warning to march to the defence of any place in the vicinity that might be attacked by the British Troops or for the purpose of quelling any disturbances that might arise. I well know James Dunham of Hebron in the county of Oxford State of Maine, who in 1775 resided in Plympton at the time when I was brought up. He the said Dunham entered as a volunteer in the same company and served with me as a sergeant three months. During the three months the company was called out to Plymouth to stop the proceedings of the Court and I well recollect that the said Dunham was with me in said expedition. I met afterwards with the company at Plymouth for inspection and recollect that the said Dunham was then with me. at another time I and the said Dunham was again called to Mansfield for the purpose of taking the British troops that were stationed there to guard the House of Pay Thomas Esgun who was a Tory and had fled to Boston. I have always known the said Dunham from childhood and say that he is the identical person that served with me during the said three months.
And I the said Bridgham further depose and say that I saw the said Dunham while in New York during the time he was there in the service of the United States and saw him after his return from New York and have

no doubt but that he served five months. While in New York I saw him at Harlem and other places. He the said Dunham is now about seventy eight years of age and the identical person who served as above.
John Bridgman
Main Subm.
Concluded August 14 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named John Bridgman and made solemn oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed. Before me.
Allen Warr
for the the
Subp. 2. 1. 10. 11. Bill of Middlesex